Name: Psychrosphaera aquimarina Pheng et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.qui.ma.ri’na. L. fem. n. aqua, water; L. masc. adj. marinus, from the sea; N.L. fem. adj. aquimarina, from seawater

Pronunciation, gender: a-kwi-ma-RI-na, feminine

Type strain: CICC 24249; KCTC 52743; SW33

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16S rRNA gene: KY497449 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Pheng S, Ayyadurai N, Park AY, Kim SG. Psychrosphaera aquimarina sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from seawater collected from Asan Bay, Republic of Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4820-4824.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:471-473.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Psychrosphaera Park et al. 2011

Assigned by: Pheng S, Ayyadurai N, Park AY, Kim SG. Psychrosphaera aquimarina sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from seawater collected from Asan Bay, Republic of Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4820-4824.

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Record number: 796244